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  • Keeping road equipment maintained

    Khost Provincial Reconstruction Team engineers held a road equipment maintenance course for about 20 equipment operators and mechanics at the Khost City Maintenance Yard in Matun District, Dec. 5.The first of several sessions, concentrated on start-up equipment checklists and keeping maintenance

  • Kid Rock wows Southwest Asia crowd

    A 'kid' kept servicemembers entertained for hours Dec. 6 at Memorial Plaza -- Kid Rock that is.With logistical support provided by Air Force Reserve Command, the triple-platinum recording artist brought his Twisted Brown Trucker Band, along with comedian Carlos Mencia and singer songwriter Jessie

  • Chief master sergeant of the Air Force visits Joint Base Balad

    Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James A. Roy visited the base Dec. 4, 2009, to talk to Airmen and survey various missions. The chief, whose visit marked one stop among many throughout Iraq and Afghanistan, received raucous applause upon his arrival at a morning Airmen's call. He noted that there

  • Congratulations to the 451st AEW's December promotees, award winners

    Airman 1st ClassSteven Barnosky, 451st ESFSBret Kilgore, 451st ESFSJacob Plumb, 451st ESFSJulian Tapia, 451st ELRSSenior AirmanJacob Adams, 451st EAMXSJamie Anderson, 451st EAMXSAndrew Bandoh, 451st EMXSZachary Bruhn, 451st ESFSRyan Carrier, 912th HRCKristine Edquilang, 451st ELRSTristan

  • Manas members compete for strongest in AOR

    Nine service members here gathered at the Fitness Center to determine the fittest among them during a contest of the strongest person in the area of responsibility held Dec. 6.The weight-lifting competition, which involved squatting and bench press, enabled participants to compete "pound for pound"

  • Safety is 24-hour operation

    In efforts to prevent the loss of people or equipment needed to execute the mission, members of the 451st Air Expeditionary Wing Safety office work around the clock to keep safety hazards to a minimum.There are three disciplines: weapons, ground and flight safety. The members of each discipline

  • General McChrystal briefs Coalition, Afghan Forces on way ahead

    Following President Barak Obama's speech regarding the increase of coalition forces in Afghanistan in 2010, Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal, commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, visited Kandahar Airfield in Regional Command (South) Dec. 2 for a press conference to address the way